Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-02-10
NEW PENSION LAW.
Full Text or the Esill Pensioning DEE
pendent Parents and Disabled
soldiers.

Both Houses Of Congress having passed
the bill for tho relief OF dependent par
ents and honorably discharged soldiers.
who were unable TO support themselves.
much interest Is manifested In its provis-
IONS There has been great demand for
the full text OF the bill which Is as fol-
lows;
AN AcT--For the relief OF dependent
parents and honorably discharged sol
diers and sailors who are now disabled
and dependent upan their own labor
for support,
Be II enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives OF the United States
Of America In Congress Assembled, that
In considering the pension claims OF dc.
pendent parents the fact and cause OF
death, and the fact that the soldier left
no widow or minor children. having been
shown as required by law, Il shall be ne.
cessary only 20 show by competent and
sufficient evidence that such parent or
parents are without other present means
OF support than their own manual labor
or the contributions Of Others not legally
bound for their support; Provided, that
no pension allowed under this act shall
commence prior to its passage, and in
case Of applications hereafter made under
this act the pension shall commence from
the date OF the filing OF the application
In the pension office,
SEQ 2. That all persons who served
three months or more In the military or
naval service OF the United States In any
war in which the United States has been
engaged, and who have been honorably
discharged therefrom. and who are now
or may hereafter be suffering from men
tai or physical disability, not the result
Of their own vicious habits or gross care.
lessness, which incapacitates them for
the performance of labor In such u do
gree rs TO render them unable TO earn q
support and who are dependent upon
their daily labor for support shall, upon
making due proof OF the fact according
to such rules and regulations as the sec.
rotary Of the Interior may provide In
pursuance Of this act, be placed on the
list of invalid pensioners OF the United
States and DO entitled TO receive. for such
total inability TO procure their subsistence
by daily labor, twelve dollars per month;
and such pension shall commence from
the date of the filing Of the application In
the pension office, upon proof that the dis
ability then o. tod and continue during
the existence OF ,i,c same In the degree
herein provided. Provided, that persons
who are now receiving pensions under ex'
| isting laws, or whose claims are pending IN
the pension Office, may by application to
| the Commissioner OF Pensions, In such
| forms as he may prescribe, receive the
| benefits OF this act; but nothing herein
| contained, shall be so construed as to allow
more than one pension at the same time
| to the same person OF persons TO com
| mence prior TO this act; and provided
| further, that rank In the service shall not
be considered In applications filed there
under.
SEC. 8. That no agent attorney, OF
other person instrumental In the prosen
tation and prosecution of claim under
| this act, shall demand or receive for hi'
services or fundamentally In presenting
and prosecuting such claim sum great
or than FIVE dollars, payable only upor
| the order OF the Commissioner OF Pen
sions, by tho pension agent making pay
ments OF the pension allowed except IL
cases heretofore prosecuted before thu
| pension office, when In the discretion d
| the Commissioner of Pensions, n feo o.
| ten dollars may be allowed In like man
| ner TO the agent or attorney OF record II
the case at the date Of passage Of ihi
act. and any agent, attorney or othe
person instrumental in the prosecution
| of claim under this act who shall de
mand or receive sum greater than tina
herein provided for, for his service In th'
prosecution of the claim, shall BIO sub
| ject to the same penalties as prescribe,
In section four OF the act Of july 4, 1884
| entitled an act making appropriation
for the payment Of invalid and other pen
sions Of the United States for the ilsca
year ending June 30, 1885, and for othe
| purposes"
Sec. A. That section a71G Of the revis
ed statutes is hereby modified so that IN
same shall not apply to this act provid
ed, that this act shall not apply TO thos
persons under political disabilities. An
no person shall be pcnsioned under TIL
act for any disability incurred while on
gagged in the military service against tn
United States.